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Dreamboys are full most nights, whether it translates to offs it's another question

I can walk down the soi twilight and back to no end, in fact I often do it even in dead of night just to see how different and quiet such a busy place is only few hours later. Only bouncers who tried to use force to drag me in were Classics ones and sometimes even I allow to drag myself in.

not necessarily, it may also mean that one recognized that others may not be interested in reading a trade of them.

I think you mean Udon Thani above as for difference it must be something in the water

Really? I think you are in the wrong place,

Don't forget about us if you will feel urge to table an report of your trip

it's why they made 57 varieties of ketchup, it will be always something for somebody

three places are coming to mind: Pattaya, Pattaya or Pattaya

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU !!! Day 5 Today another trip to a ruins nobody heard of. Sambor Prei Kuk is lost in the jungle assembly of temples from pre-Angkorian times, probably there are oldest survived buildings in the whole country. Now since they are preparing to get site listed as World Heritage by UNESCO place is relatively easy to access with paved road all the way through, good 150 km from Siem Reap and close to Khompong Thom. So for interesting travelers between Phnom Penh and Siem Reap it’s easy to break a trip there to visit the site. I got up early again , this time at 5 a.m. which gave me a little bit time to catch with internet and e-mails as wi-fi at River Queen works perfect. At 7 I saw car but nobody in so decided to see what is going on and shortly I saw Malla the driver , marching with Sarteh the guide from Siamroads.com , one who put together remote parts of my stay in Cambodia. Very nice and knowledgeable guide , did I mention handsome too ? Since I skipped breakfast we stopped on the outskirts of Siem Reap and purchased French baguettes filled with all kinds of delicacies, last vestige of colonial rule in Cambodia. Of course later on I had my beer to complement such a breakfast. Temples of Sambor are built from bricks and much smaller that Angkor ones , spread over extensive area of forest and destructive force of nature visible on almost any one of them. Here and there are termite hills and sightseeing here makes for nice time as almost all trails in the forest are in the shade. Having Sareth to explain and show around as well as somebody to talk to added greatly to an experience. Definitely worth of trouble and expense of getting there with a bonus of avoiding inevitable hordes of visitors in most popular Angkor sites. But place is gaining popularity and by no means we were only visitors there but with place so spread out there’s room for everybody. outside and inside suicidal force of nature - fallen tree strangled by another one On way back we stopped at the market at Khompong Thom where I treated us with some local delicious dessert and at one money exchange counter they helped me to get some older circulated banknotes for my paper money collection. Nice souvenirs , a bit costly but easy to carry. We were back in Siem Reap early afternoon, tomorrow I have break with far away trips having some local plans to visit two temples I did not see last time. I will see Malla after tomorrow for another remote , exotic and I’d say epic escapade. My handsome airport driver Sochea was in the lobby so I confirmed I’m hiring his tuk-tuk for a tomorrow trip to Western Mebon, which is north of airport and Phnom Krom temple up on hill above Tonle Sap lake. Afternoon and early evening spent wandering through the markets and streets, mandatory T-shirt bought as well as few fridge magnets. In the evening I went to the alley parallel to the Pub Street where Linga bar is , had a dinner in one of restaurants and sat down with my beer at the bar with an intention to survey massage scene there. There were few boys congregating in the back. At one point boss , knowing already that I’m aiming at massage in order to speed my decision perhaps advised me that only 1 room is left available so I shut down my tablet and went to the back where boys are congregating . Boy was assigned to me from rotation which I did not mind as he was looking good to those tired eyes. 1hr 19 $, 1.5 – 26$ -I took that session as always. 3 massage rooms upstairs from the bar, well appointed, marbles , hot water , mattress on elevated pedestal. Boy dressed in singlet and underwear , pretty soon my foot was positioned firmly against his jewels but my foot movement was met with stern ‘what are you doing? ‘ just to keep appearances I guess Since he did not move even an inch. Massage was good and playing mouse and cat trying to reach contents of his undies was fun but we did not go further than just those semi-innocent games. But I liked an experience, showered alone after massage, tipped 30 $ and left smiling . Certainly not as adventurous as Blue Hatha but potential is there for those who are determined I guess. Today , pretty tired with all those adventures and in view of more tomorrow I went to bed earlier , again alone and this is how I finished day 5.

as long as I can see I can spend all my Pattaya time in Boyztown and only reason to cross the South Pattaya Road would be to visit good boys at GOOD BOYS

prices are only one part of equation, connection time counts too. When I look at options I always consider how long it takes from first start to final landing.

drink 400, off fee 500

I like this approach as it brings two benefits , possibility of reduced price and if boy is not interested , confirmation of his going rate. My underscore Christian, I know it's Christmas Eve already in Bangkok but I always thought you don't drink , even on holidays. Really? I'm of opinion that in bar all boys are the same and only when out they show or not their true colours. Unfortunately often it is true but from my experience thankfully not always and lots of them stick to their side of bargain. My last trip I started with such a case , high demand, hard bargain but when deal sealed all perfect although in the morning it was him who told me that appointment is over but at least it was at reasonable 7 a.m. What works best in case when repeat is sought by the boy is to whisper why you not interested in this time / tell boy you too expensive , you left too early last time e.t.c/ may make a great turn around , been there , done that. May not work with everybody though as everything.

While Classic mamasans are quite pesky I found ones at Fresh Boys easy to handle. I tell them I'm not offing because I like girls and wave boy over myself, it works even for those who know I'm lying with straight face.

day 4 continued We returned the same way but we stopped in Anlong Veng to visit house of Ta Mok, Brother # 5, and Khmer Rouge military commander. It’s strange that such a butcher is still remembered and his house on the lake preserved although completely emptied of any furniture. In the yard two cages which served as a prison for Khmer Rouge victims and Pol Pot’s mobile radio station. Can’t say 2 $ admission is money well spent but such is Cambodia’s convoluted history that even butchers like those two are still remembered fondly by part of population. And instead of summarily condemning them , one needs to think why? For me it was very chilling as I remember horrors of Khmer Rouge and times when country was completely isolated from the outside world. Often conveniently forgotten is fact that after Khmer Rouge were pushed to the jungles on Thai border and made Anlong Veng their capital for few years they kept a seat at UN as Democratic Kamuchea with west’s support despite all horrors of their rule being already revealed, confirmed and well known. Vagaries of policy of containment of communism I guess. Anlong Veng, capital of horrors , now sleepy backwater On our way back we stopped close to Banteai Srei temple and I bought locally made palm sugar to treat myself and support local economy. In the hotel as expected my suitcase I was moved to a penthouse suite , in fact it is an apartment with living room , bedroom and kitchen annex full with microwave. Extremely good deal. Tourist part over , time for some earthly fun so I went to Blue Hatha for a massage . Only 5 minutes walk and I was there / I learned hatha means hand in Khmer/. Centrally located, two blocks from Pub Street. 6-7 boys on duty, similar format to HERO , boys behind the glass and you pick up whomever you like the most. Took my usual 1.5 hr. session with boy with broadest smile at me. 1 hr.- 15 USD , 1.5 hr. 20 USD. Only cold shower, shower alone .Mattress on elevated pedestal. Massage good, boy in underwear, removed at bit later. Pretty soon talk turned to boyfriends , marriage proposals etc. Shortly speaking , hint was given that more than massage is available and will be provided on request. After massage shower together , boy mentioned he doesn’t like cold shower but soldiered on. Tipped 40 and left smiling , planning to return as quite a few boys took my fancy but life run it’s course. From Blue Hatha I went to the alley where Linga bar is and had a dinner, treated myself with my favorite roasted duck but while costly / 8$ / clearly they did not have an idea how to roast it but at least I filled myself up . Rest of evening spent wandering in the Old Market area, dropped at Station bar to see the show, nothing fancy but both boys performing eye candies. Passed by Barcode bar and massage and noticed some of masseurs soliciting business are very handsome indeed but still little I knew what future will bring. Just before midnight returned to the room knowing tomorrow another adventure is waiting and so day 4 was over.

Day 4 I’m not and never been long sleeper and when I added excitement of being again in Cambodia, my second favorite country to travel effect of going to bed early last night was rising even earlier at ungodly and insane for a most hour 3.30 a.m. You can say whatever you want but I subconsciously wanted to extend as much as possible one of most important days in my travels ever. Ever since one day in early 70-ties when Cambodia was republic with Lon Nol in charge I learned about temple of Preah Vihear, high in mountains on Thai-Cambodia border I wanted to visit her. Placed firmly on my list of places I must visit before I die for all those years was just there. Economy , politics, Khmer Rouge, Vietnam war, Thai-Cambodian conflict about temple ownership at times even violent , you name it, stood in the way of getting there. In meantime list was shorter and shorter and shorter and upon return from another trip to must-see place last January I realized that only one item is still listed – Preah Vihear. Then it was only matter of time to obliterate that childhood list. That time came today. Before departure to Cambodia I contacted Sareth, guide listed on Siamroads website our member Moses is helping with and asked him to arrange for couple trips to places not many people heard of and even less went to and Preah Vihear trip was supposed first one of them. Sareth himself was not available today but he made sure that at 7 a. m. car with like he said’ gay friendly ‘ driver Malla rolled in front of hotel. Introduction , handshake and off we went. I did not have a chance to eat breakfast but we stopped somewhere on the way for some nourishments. I like Khmer food better than Thai as is not that spicy by the way. Those days getting to the temple is easy, paved road all the way from Siem Reap through Anlong Veng, Pol Pot’s last stronghold. 15 years ago when asking about going to Anlong Veng I got universal ‘ no way, impossible and dangerous ‘ answers. Now it’s breeze. After about 3 hours Dangreak Mountains appeared and one of the mountains on horizon was pointed by Malla as site of the temple. Step one is to check at visitor centre where one buys 10$ ticket and for 5$ secures motorcycle with driver who is taking us up to the mountain. Road there is paved but very steep, closer to the top very, very steep to a point of being scary and I heard lots of people prefer just to walk that last part. For me there’s always bright part. As we approached steepest part we stopped for a second and driver asked me to move closer to him to reduce a chance of me falling down on the ascent. Consider that he was well built hunk I could not ask for more, no wonder they say heaven is up there! No, it was not scary , exciting it was though. At destination I left him in the parking with few dollars so he can eat something while waiting as rushing was not an option I’d entertain. First thing we see is so called Gopura V sight of most visitors to Cambodia are familiar with even if they don’t realize it as it’s featured on both 2000 and 50000 riel notes. Down the slope from there is so called Monumental Stairway and truly it is , well monumental. Thai border is not very far from it’s foot. Temple follows typical Angkorian layout difference being it’s not on the plain but on mountains slope spread up from Gopura V. Main sanctuary on the top now is just a pile of rubble but view from the top is like they say, breathtaking , not only because it required some ascent. Because it is pretty high too air was quite refreshing. With plains visible all the way to horizon just being there and admiring the view is worth a trouble and expense. For me it was an additional and almost overwhelming sense of accomplishment as I mentioned above. Back at parking lot I was greeted by my driver but being hungry before we went down I had some soup for lunch , surprisingly tasty and filling. As always in south east Asia I created mild sensation by putting rice into my soup as apparently it’s eaten other way around. I did not need an invitation to seat close to driver on our way down as gravity did it’s job so saying descent was very pleasant is understatement. Malla, the driver in meantime did not waste time sleeping in the hammock he shrewdly took with himself. to be continued right away

for 55 y.o. you look good

pay how much and for what? Please clarify since I'm curious

Not necessarily a bad thing as often those short flights are quite costly specially to some obscure destinations.

Don't ask your self , just upgrade to premium economy or even business as long as you can afford it and enjoy. For me it's other way around, 20 years ago even 6-8 hours flight was torture and now 15 hrs to Hongkong is just a breeze. Jet lags become thing killing me, it's week today since I returned home and still don't feel adjusted 100 %. So I guess we all are aging different way, only common thing being none of us is getting younger no matter what class we are flying.

my loyalty program is -I'm choosing airline with best connection and cheapest price. If they award points, good , if not, as nowadays is often a case with tickets booked with cheapest booking class, they can have it. So I collect those miles with quite a few airlines loyalty programs but give zero consideration to miles potentially earned when choosing my flight, for me it's just by-product.

I believe spelling check does that capitalization but nothing wrong with that for twinks fan like firecat. As for me it was rather case of ' if you don't see what you like , you better like what you see' , most important I was pretty happy with my choice and this is what counts here. If you are happy with my choice as well , even better.

Day 3 This trip was not Thailand trip for me , it was one to Cambodia with stopover in Thailand before and after that country. I did not have any plans for boy chasing in Cambodia but as you will see I was derailed few times and I’m glad I was. I already posted my massage impressions in separate thread so you will see some repetitions here but I will do it for readers who will not go to other thread so if you feel it was not necessary or outright boring , please forgive me. My plan for Cambodia was outside of mainstream i.e. to visit some remote Angkorian ruins which were completely inaccessible when I was there back in 2001. Where mined dirt tracks were , now are paved highways and where only military convoys could go now buses are speeding up. Gone are mines and their victims, once ubiquitous on the streets are now barely visible. So country changed for better and Siem Reap , then sleepy backwater in now somewhat bustling city day and night. Not all changes I liked. Prices of tourist services went up with noble exception of admission ticket to Angkor complex. As for souvenirs - classy handwork is now replaced by mass produced tourist trinkets. But country still is amazing value and for ruins buffs like me , heaven on earth waiting to be explored. Cambodia part of report will be much tamer and not as man filled as Thai part, I was almost bona fide traveler there but thanks God I got derailed almost daily. After my Screwboys twink left I went to Foodland for a breakfast, packed my suitcase , hailed taxi on Silom and 44 minutes later I entered cavernous Don Muang terminal for my Air Asia flight to Siem Reap. I don’t remember taxi fare but it was on the meter in somewhere 220-240 range. AirAsia allows only 7 kg hand luggage free so I was required to pay 592 baht for and excess luggage as my suitcase was 10.4 but consider this reasonable. When booking I paid also some token amount for a seat selection as on my way there I wanted window seat. For return part it was opposite , I prepaid for a luggage but did not care about the seat. Everything went smoothly and exactly 44 minutes after take off we landed at the Siem Reap airport, the same 44 minutes it took for taxi from Silom to DMK / Don Muang /. Since I was at front of the plane I was one of first to disembark and place myself in the visa line. Originally I was thinking about securing visa online but somehow dropped an idea to no regrets as it was simple and easy to get one, I had 1 passport photo on me and 30$ ready and had visa sticker in my passport in no time , in fact I was waiting still for my luggage after I passed an immigration. While still at home I contacted my hotel , booked as River Queen, in meantime changed ownership and name to 84 Hotel about airport transfer and was promised somebody will be waiting for me and in fact he was. Very handsome young man in a bit tattered jeans and I liked the sexy view of his knees poking out of the fashionable holes. Transfer was supposed to be 8 $ but I gave him 10 , 1 extra $ for each knee I guess. I told him that I may need his tuk–tuk over the following week as my sightseeing plans were extensive but stupidly did not mention that I like him to wear the same jeans losing sight of his sexy knees forever. I booked originally their penthouse suite, why not at 24 $ but it turned out that previous occupants trashed it out and for a day I was given regular room which I did not see any problem with until I turned A/C on. It was very noisy so complained immediately and I was positively surprised with reaction, owner was called , informed that despite day being Sunday repairman is called over and before I managed to take shower I had knock to my door. I left them to do the job and went to survey the city after 15 years of being away. First nice surprise was that Blue Hatha massage was few minutes walk from hotel, noted but not yet visited. Old Market area was much more lively than I remembered, Pub Street in now really Walking Street without the hookers like Numazu observed in his epic trip report . Much less beggars, much more tourists, and divisions of tuk –tuk drivers offering their vehicles. Since I was in different part of city than previously I went to check hotel I was staying before / Yaklom / and to see if I can find Man hotel and massage which is roughly in the same area. Yaklom is now defunct, nice bungalows are still there but closed and abandoned but adjacent restaurant , very popular then is still running and popular as shortly after I sat down 2 tour groups appeared . I had my supper, gulped big bottle of Angkor beer , paid 5$ , actually I was overcharged but let them have it. My total bill was supposed to be 16000 riel which is 4 $. It is being said that Cambodia has dual currency system but I wouldn’t say that. Dual currency implies that some bills must be settled in one currency instead of other but they simply a using USD notes for settlements exchanging freely riels at 4000/$. Only case when only USD were acceptable was payment for visa but it makes sense as riels can’t be taken out of country but internally are fully convertible at least for amounts we tourists are paying. Thus is price is posted as 20000 riels/5 $ / nobody blinks an eye if you give them 12000 riels and 2 $. Conversely, price posted as 10 $ can be settled with say , 6 $ and 16000 riels . I was doing that all the time but was glad I took 47$ in Washington notes left over from last year’s trip to Ethiopia to make payments easy. Sorry about lengthy money rant but I think it may be useful for some readers planning trip to the country. ATM are dispensing USD including new and crispy 100 notes but as always and everywhere I’d not advise to arrive without any folding money counting on ATM as system failure may have you stuck without any cash and counting on tuk-tuk drivers or even cheaper hotels to accept credit cards is a stretch. As for Men I did not find it in the night darkness , learned on another day that I was in the right soi called on google maps Man Str / I did not see any street name in that soi / but just turned back a little too early. Their loss as I’d take massage there definitely. To get back to Old Market / Psar Chas / area where I’m staying I just waved down passing guy on a motorcycle , told him Psar Chas , he answered 1 dollar and 5 minutes , 4000 riels later I was there. Walked to a hotel to find A/C repaired and exhausted with last night late adventures and busy day today I went to bed quite early today, alone which convicted me I’m not in Thailand anymore. So day 3 was over.

where's your problem? in the afternoon go for a massage by the monster, have a dinner and after as a pillow take Cambodian and his big cock . I concur your observation about shows at XBoys being sometimes too long. I wonder when boys will have a time to show themselves to a prospective clients? I like Jupiter's approach when show is broken with few minutes of boys parading on the stage , such a break seems to produce quite a few offs.

Not only. From my city we have 2 flights a day with Cathay Pacific, first past noon and another past midnight, sometimes price difference between those two are in range of 200-300 $ on the same dates ! Guess which one I'm taking?